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Tag Archives: Austrian Wine
Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 1)
RealWine, or the Real Wine Fair, took place at London’s Tobacco Dock venue on Sunday and Monday. This is one of the biggest natural wine fairs in the UK (along with Raw Wine), and possibly in Europe now. Organised for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Burgenland, Czech Petnat, Czech Wine, DB Schmitt Flörsheim Rheinhessen, Dva Duby Moravia, Erich & Michael Andert, German natural wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Jiri Sebela, Les Caves de Pyrene, Moravian Wine, natural wines, Petr Korab, Real Wine Fair 2022 (Pt 1), Weingut Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, Wine Tasting Events
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Recent Wines March 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Continuing swiftly into Part 2 of the wines we most enjoyed at home during March, we begin with a gorgeous Crémant du Jura, then a long-time friend from Burgenland, my first taste of a natural wine producer from Alsace, a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Arthur Bohn, Austrian Wine, Blaufränkisch Ried Külm 2017, Bohn L'Indigène 2020, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland, Buronfosse Crémant du Jura 2016, Charlie Herring Wines, Domaine Bohn Reichsfeld Alsace, Franconia/Württemberg wine, German Wine, Hampshire Artisan Cider, Heidi Schröck Rust, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Blanc 2019, Peggy and Jean-Pascal Buronfosse, Perfect Strangers 2017 (disg 11/20), Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Recent Wines March 2022 (Pt2), Renardat-Fâche Mérignat Bugey, Ried Külm 2017, Rotalier Sud Revermont Jura, Ruster Blaufränkisch, Tim Phillips winemaker
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Recent Wines January 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
If Part 1 got January off to a strong start, Part 2 goes down equally different paths. We begin with a well known Blaufränkisch from Burgenland before veering right across Europe to Alentejo. Then back we go to cooler climes … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Andrew & Emma Nielsen, Austrian Wine, Beaune Boucherottes 1er Cru Le Grappin, Bisamberg Wine Vienna, Blaufrankisch Johanneshohe Prieler, Burgenland Blaufrankisch, Burgundy Wine, Chardonnay La Percenette, Domaine Pignier Montaigu Jura, Elderflower Liqueur in Sparkling Wine, Furmint, Georg Prieler Schutzen, Hungarian Wine, Istvan Szepsy Winemaker, Jura Chardonnay, Jura Wine, La Maison Blanche Mont-sur-Rolle, Le Grappin Beaune, Melon a Queue Rouge, Portuguese wine, Procura Na Anfora Susana Esteban, Rainer Christ Jedlersdorf, Recent Wines January 2022 (Pt2), Sparkling Wine from Chasselas, Susana Esteban Alentejo, Swiss Sparkling Wine, Swiss Wine, Talha Wines Portugal, Tokaji Furmint Szepsy Hungary, Vaud Wine, Vienna Skin Contact Field Blend, Vienna Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz Kraut & Ruben 2017, Wine from La Côte
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Recent Wines September 2020 (Part 1) #the glouthatbindsus
The usual format again, we have here eight wines consumed, in fact relished, at home during the first part of September. Actually, one of these is a cider (Czech), so seven actual wines (ha!), which came from Alsace, Arbois, Alto-Piemonte, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aléas Bottes Rouge, Alsace Wine, Annamária Réka, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Beck-Hartweg Dambach-la-Ville, Carema Classico, Catalonian Sparkling Wine, Clos Lentiscus, Clos Lentiscus Reserva Familia, Czech Cider, Dave Geyer, Domaine des Bottes Rouge Arbois, Geyer Seaside Cabernet Franc, Geyer Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Baptiste Menigoz, Jura Wine, Kekfrankos Hungary, Produttori Nebbiolo di Carema, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Réka-Koncz A Change of Heart Red Wine, Recent Wines September 2020 (pt 1), Red Gemischter Satz, Sparkling Sumoll Blanc de Noirs, Utopia Cider Czechia, Vienna Wine
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Wir Trinken…Blaufränkisch
There are a number of grape varieties which are almost completely identified with one country yet which have spread beyond false borders, especially those borders which have moved around in Central Europe, or in the Alpine regions. These varieties might … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Grape Varieties, Hungarian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Ammamária Réka, Anne Krebiehl Wines of Germany, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Blaufränkisch, Burgenland, Czech Wine, Dorli Muhr Carnuntun Spitzbergen, Dva Duby Moravia, Frankovka, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hegyi-Kalo Eger, Heidi Schröck Blaufränkisch, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph BFF, Kékfrankos, Lemberger, Matic Slovenia, Modra Frankovka, Moravian Wine, Ota Sevcik Moravia, Peter Wetzer Sopron, Petr Koráb Moravia, Réka-Koncz, Rennersistas Waiting for Tom Blend, Roterfaden Lemberger, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Soprón, Strekov 1075 Frankovka, Tomas Cacik Moravia, Vino Magula
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Godforsaken Grapes (Book Review)
I’d been aware of Jason Wilson’s Godforsaken Grapes (2018) for some time, but it had never really registered as a book I needed to read until an American friend recommended it in the strongest terms. I think what had put me off, … Continue reading
Recent Wines June 2019 #theglouthatbindsus
That was certainly not the warmest June I can remember in the UK. In fact much of the month was wet and unseasonably cold. That means one thing…that we have not cranked our petnat consumption up to usual summer levels yet, although … Continue reading
Posted in Aligoté, Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, South African Wines, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aladasturi, Alice & Olivier De Moor, Alsace Petnat, Alsace Pinot Noir, Andrew & Emma Nielsen, Arbois Chardonnay, Arbois Terre de Gryphées, Austrian Wine, Blank Bottle Winery, Bourgogne Aligoté, Brunello di Montalcino, Bruno Schueller, Caravan Le Vendangeur Masqué, Chablis De Moor, Champagne Dehours, Clément Elisa & Francine Klur, Clement Klur, Didimi, Domaine de la Tournelle, Domaine Gérard Schueller, Du Grappin, Evelyne & Pascal Clairet, Georgian Wine, Give & Take White Wine, Greek Wine, Gumpoldskirchen, Husseren-les-Château, Jérôme Dehours, Johanneshof Reinisch, John Seccombe, Jura Wine, La Roche-Vineuse Macon, Nakhshirgele, Naoussa, Pet en l'Air 2017, Pieter Walser, Pinot Meunier, Poggio San Polo, Ramaz Nikoladze, Recent Wines June 2019, Richard Kelley MW, Riesling Muscat blend, Rocking Horse Cape White Blend, Rotgipfler, Stellenbosch Pinot Blanc, Terre de Meunier, Thermenregion, Thorne & Daughters, Thymiopoulos Wines, Tuscan Wine, Western Cape White Blend, Xinomavro Jeunes Vignes, Zierfandler
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 